On Lu, 10 sep 12, 22:13:06, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:55:36 -0400 (EDT), Brian wrote: > > > > I use the first method with cdtool. Let's get the obvious out of the > > way. You're in the cdrom and audio groups. The cable is connected > > correctly and securely. The speakers are connected correctly to the > > output of the sound card. > > I can confirm that my userid is in the cdrom and audio groups. I haven't > checked the cable connections yet, but I plan to do that tomorrow. > But the problem seems to be more systemic. I can't seem to get aplay > to work on a .wav file. It runs, and it generates messages on the > screen, but no sound. What does
speaker-test -c2 -t wav
do (both as user and root)?
> > Pulseaudio isn't on my system but isn't it a daemon? Wouldn't stopping
> > it allow you to eliminate it as a cause?
>
> pulseaudio is a "depends" (not a "recommends") dependency of gnome-core;
> so I can't de-install it.
Assuming you really want to keep Gnome there are several workarounds for
that:
- just remove the gnome-core metapackage and keep all other dependencies
- equivs (either build a replacement metapackage or a replacement
dependency)
- dpkg --force-depends
Kind regards,
Andrei
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